A bit about politics, quite a bit about social policy, a lot about housing

Hidden costs

Bit by bit the facts about the affordable rent programme are leaking out but far too much remains hidden or unclear.

On Friday, in the typically under-stated style of all-party committees, MPs published their verdict so far. The public accounts committee concludes that ‘it is not yet clear whether the programme will deliver value for money in the long term’ and that ‘the department needs to do more work to understand the impact of the programme on tenants and its interaction with wider welfare reforms’.